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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: On the one hand he criticises; on the other hand-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: It better be good.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: I will take that invitation at face value; otherwise I am not sure where we would be going.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: One cannot run with the hares and hunt with the hounds.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for some protection.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: One cannot criticise the Green Party for surveying our wildlife on the one hand and then tell us we are not implementing EU directives. It is insulting to the National Parks and Wildlife Service and insulting to our wildlife rangers-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: -----and insulting to people with masters degrees who are earning €23,000 a year trying to protect wildlife.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: If we are not protecting our wildlife, what will be next? Will Deputy Kenny criticise us for protecting the bradán feasa?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: If we do not value our wildlife and protect our heritage, what do we hold sacred? The principle in the resolution before us is a simple one. It is to tax the bad, not the good.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce changes in legislation to ensure that there is an obligation on the father of a child to be identified on the birth certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46128/09]

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Deputy Gilmore stated earlier that this Government does not have the moral authority, imagination or wit to tackle the challenges that face Ireland. I disagree with him because I believe that moral authority comes from leadership and direction rather than criticism from the sidelines. It comes from implementing policies that have been talked about for years, rather than talking about what...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future plans for the Tallaght Hospital breast care unit, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46406/09]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (10 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the commitment to create a new system of personal insolvency regulations allowing for a statutory non-court-based debt settlement system in view of the fact that the courts are still being used in instances of personal debt resulting in the jailing of debtors; the action he proposes to take to...

Written Answers — School Textbooks: School Textbooks (10 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to regulate the re-use of schoolbooks from year to year and move away from the use of workbooks to enable families to reduce the cost of schoolbooks and allow for recycling of existing schoolbooks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46428/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation, carbon emissions and other pollutants associated with liquid petroleum gas in comparison to petrol or diesel; his plans to encourage greater use of liquid petroleum gas fuel in private cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46983/09]

Written Answers — Immigration Procedures: Immigration Procedures (15 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of United States citizens refused entry into here; the reason for the refusal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46662/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made regarding the setting up and implementation of the architectural registration body's technical assessment board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46691/09]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (16 Dec 2009)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport when public services will commence on the western rail corridor; the frequency of services; his plans to co-ordinate with connecting services on the Dublin to Cork and Waterford lines to maximise connectivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47269/09]

Written Answers — Disability Statistics: Disability Statistics (19 Jan 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 149: To ask the Taoiseach when the content of the Central Statistics Office census 2011 is expected to be approved by him; the interdepartmental procedure for compiling such content; his views on the inclusion of autistic spectrum disorder as a category question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48497/09]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: In December last, at the time of the flooding, I was interrupted mid-stream, as it were. Since then, much water - and snow, ice, grit and meltwater besides - has flowed under the bridge. The vagaries of the weather and climate notwithstanding, a common theme to emerge is that proper planning is crucial to allow us to withstand the extremes of weather and climate. We have much to do to...